Attorney General's Office (UK) Information

The AGO is a ministerial department serving the Attorney General and the Solicitor General (the Law Officers). The Law Officers are the Government’s chief legal advisers. The Law Officers make important decisions that affect public life. Among other things, they decide whether to send criminal sentences that may be too low to the Court of Appeal; whether to open inquests into deaths (for example, the Attorney General made the decision to open new inquests into the deaths at Hillsborough); and are responsible for the Crown Prosecution Service and Serious Fraud Office in Parliament. The Office comprises around 40 multidisciplinary, engaged and high performing team members advising and supporting the Law Officers in all aspects of their work.